*"Operation Match Your Friend" "Operation rescue Gambia" *Great slogan
mawdo Yero. Let's get it rolling...
Lol.. Mawdo Yero... You will no longer be excused from not leading
anything... It amounts to running away from responsibility. If everyone of
us says I can't lead anything... then am afraid nothing gets done... While
I can't force you to accept any responsibility... I think you are taking
the easy route out... we have gone this lane before... and we still can't
come to terms... with it...
Anyway, I appreciate your contribution... and hope you find your own way to
lead something...
Thanks
Demba
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Yero Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "*The value of the dollar is greater that that of the dalasi. We have to
> look at the purchasing power of the dollar vs the dalasi. How many Gambians
> earn D1000 per month in the Gambia? How many people earn $35 per month in
> Seattle?" *
>
> Mawdo Demba,
>
> Thanks. See the above from a friend.
>
> Also, you will have to forgive me. I don't want to be part of any
> committee. I am only interested in being a participant/member. In as odd as
> that may seem, it is where my life principle has stationed me. I think as
> an ordinary member, I am still able to do my best. That is a way of
> answering to a duty call. Be rest assured of my active participation and
> support as always.
>
> One more thing, "Operation Match Your Friend" would be a nice idea, where
> almost everyone will match someone in this fundraiser. This will motivate
> and encourage people to participate. Put lawyers, professors, businessmen,
> etc, etc...at a higher amount. Be sure to get them all out from their
> comfort zones and hiding corners.
>
> You have the advantage of the online media to your advantage in this
> effort...."Go forth & conquer!"
>
> Best,
> Yero
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:27:00 -0700
> Subject: Re: [G_L] FW: [>-<] High Cost of Living!
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> CC: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Mawdo Yero,
>
> I was actually looking at the global trend in commodity prices...
> Obviously from 1994 - 2013 you don't expect prices to remain the same...
> The economic argument is to get Jammeh's hands out of private business and
> let the private citizens run businesses that will allow them to compete at
> the global level. Gambia actually had a great reexport trade during the
> Jawara regime and because of Jammeh's diplomatic mess with Senegal and
> others this sector suffered immensely.
>
> Congratulations and thank you for matching the $200 pledge. I think it is
> a step in the right direction. I am 100% in agreement with Yus's
> suggestion and let's have some volunteers on the planning stage. Kejau and
> Yero & Yus are you available to join a planning team? We will be
> circulating a document for editing pretty soon. Stay tuned.
>
> Thanks
>
> Demba
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Yero Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Subject: RE: [>-<] High Cost of Living!
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:11:36 -0500
>
> Koto Omar,
>
> Thanks. So clearly a bag of rice quadrupled from 1994 to now (from D250.00
> to now about D1000.00) while no one's salary increased by even a bit. We
> are just talking about rice. Sugar, oil, electricity, water, transport, etc
> is not even factored in. These prices are on the increase.
>
> Mawdo Demba being the Peul man he is, he is comparing apples and
> oranges. Mawdo Demba, I am telling on you.
>
> Humor aside, we cannot compare the dalasi and the dollar and conclude
> that rice is cheaper in the Gambia than in Seattle. That point is really
> weak. I share your other points especially Jammeh being the problem and
> that of Omar entirely.
>
> You (Mawdo Demba), LJD, and the entire team to work on this fundraiser
> must listen to Yuse. I entirely share his pointers and I think we will see
> great benefits from it, than some of the other scattered things around. I
> think Lamin is able to come up with a working document that would help
> shape this effort. I was thinking of a pledge to make, I said, too bad if I
> should match the big bosses like Demba, but hey for the sake of the
> oppressed and the suffering masses, I am taking up the challenge,
> inshallahu. I am pledging $200.00 as you towards this funding.
>
> Thanks & best always,
> Yero
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:09:34 -0700
> Subject: Re: [>-<] High Cost of Living!
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Guys,
>
> In fairness, I think Gambian private businesses are trying hard to keep up
> with International prices. For example the D950 bag of rice is at per or
> even cheaper than what we buy here in the US. A bag of rice now is $43 -
> $50 where I live... That is about D1500 per bag.... Consider also that we
> don't produce enough in Gambia, cost of tariffs and excessive taxes from
> government they still manage to sell within reason.
>
> I think globally commodity prices has gone up and continue to go up. If
> only this government will get stop messing with the private sector and
> allow them to be independent and complete on a level playing field, then
> Gambia will surely enjoy a modest cost of living compared to the rest of
> the world... This government is our biggest problem other wise our people
> are very creative in finding cheaper consumer goods...
>
> Thanks
>
> Demba
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:15 AM, omar joof <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> A bag of rice used to cost D250.00. Now its up to D950.00 depending on the
> brand. Some of them go for more than D1000.00. The Gambian dalasi is not
> holding its own against major international currencies, considering the
> manner in which it is slumping against them. Really one starts to wonder
> how the country is meeting the requirements for international trade, with a
> view to guarantee basic development needs.
> A review of the lower ranks of the intergrated payscale does not reflect
> any remarkable movements to compensate for high inflation. I constantly ask
> some of my friends in The Gambia how they make it, and they mostly evade my
> question with a laugh. Its really a dire situation!
> Omar Joof.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [>-<] High Cost of Living!
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:40:50 -0500
>
>
> I was alerted to the Point's Bite, one of my favorite columns online. The
> questioner asked if I remembered the cost of a bag of rice in 1994, to
> which I replied no. Looking at this review, certainly reveals of a problem
> that most here are aware of and probably dealing with. When you hear the
> criminal regime boasting of their development achievents, sell-out book
> authors writing registered development of this regime, vision 2020, and
> their overall fancy dreams of turning the Gambia into an earthly heaven,
> you truly faint for a while. Justice is far from it. Food sufficiency not
> close to being attained. Terror on citizens has been on the hike. It is a
> shame and truly a distraction to keep hearing these losers talk about
> development.
>
> Please read....
>
>
> http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/high-cost-of-living
>
> High cost of living!
> <http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/high-cost-of-living#map>africa<http://thepoint.gm/africa/news>»
> gambia <http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/news>
> Tuesday, March 26, 2013
> Gambians and people resident in the country are experiencing one of the
> most trying moments in their life time.
> The high cost of living in the country is making living extremely
> difficult for average Gambians, especially those living below the poverty
> line.
> In today’s Gambia a bag of rice costs an exorbitant price of between D900
> and D1200. While many blame the increase in the prices of goods on the
> newly introduced Value Added Tax (VAT), the revenue agency is saying no.
> Whatever the case may be and whoever is responsible for the increase, our
> message is that Gambians are feeling the pinch of the problem.
> For many businessmen, they are of the view that high tariffs and taxes are
> responsible for the recent hike in prices of essential commodities in the
> country.
> It is a widespread belief that several businesses have not been
> functioning well that some major shop owners have started relocating to
> other countries where duties are cheaper than The Gambia.
> Of recent, commodity prices assumed an upward spiral so that average
> family’s monthly spending on essential goods has doubled.
> It is something of an irony that today, although the official inflation
> rate is low, the monthly spending of most Gambians have risen rapidly.
> Prices of such daily necessities as food, water, electricity, are hiking
> and many families are already struggling under the unfortunate pressure of
> this rising living cost, while the prices of grocery products have
> continued to rise.
> This situation suggests that a household spending D2500 a month on food in
> 2010 will now have to find at least an extra D2000.
> The increase in electricity and water bills has threatened to shoot
> household budgets over the roof.
> The income of the pensioner population is next to nothing. They are much
> more affected by what is happening now.
> However, huge increases are being pushed through in the prices of rice and
> oil, because they are used widely.
> The Ministry of Finance should review tariffs and taxes so that we regain
> the edge and competitiveness that The Gambia has been known for. They
> should act now before it is too late.
>
>
>
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